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TREATY. C COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND HIS ROYAL HIGH "NESS THE PRINCE REGENT OF roitTLIGAL. Signed at Rio De f aneiro, the teth of Febfuary, 18To. (Published by Authority.) [Concluded from Saturday's Paper.] 1-t.' It is aoreed and covenanted, that persons guilty of high 'treason, forgery, or other offences - of. a heinous nature, within the dominions of either ' of thethigh contraaing parties,_ shall not be harbour— ed nor receive prote6tion in the dominions of the. ether... And that neither of the high contracting parties shall knoseincYy and Wilfully receive into and entertain in their service persons, subjects cif -the• other power, deserting from the military services , thereof, whether by sea or land; but that on the contrary they shall each respectively discharge any such pe.rsOn from their service, upon being required : but it is agreed and declared, that neither of the high contracting parties shall grant to any other state any faVour on the subject of persons deserting from the service of that state, which shall not be Considered as granted - also to the other high contraa ing party, in' the same-manner as if the said_favour had been expressly stipulated by the present treaty.. And it is further agreed, that in cases of apprentices or sailors deserting from vessels belonging to the subjects of either of the high contracting parties while within the- ports of the other party, the Ma gistrates shall be bound to give effectual assistance for their apprehension, on due application to that effeEt being made by the Consul General,- or. Con sul, or by his Deputy or Representative; and that no public body, civil or religios, shall have the power of protecting such deserters. 15. All goods, merchandises, and articles what soever of the produce, manufacture, industry, or in vention of ,the dominions, and subjects of his Bri tannic Majesty, shall• be admitted into all and sin gular the ports and dominions of his Royal High ness the Prince Regent of Portugal, as well-in Eu rope as in America, Atriva, , and Asia, whether con signed to. British or Portuguese subjects, on paying generally and solely duties to the amount of fifteen per cent. according to the value which shall be set upon them by a tariff or table of valuations, called in the Portuguese language pauta, the principal basis of which shall be the sworn invoice cost of the aforesaid goods, merehandizes, and articles, taking also into consideration (as 'far as way be just or prac ticable) the . current 'prices thereof in the country, into which they are imported. This tariff or valua tion shall be determined and settled by an equal number of .British and Portuguese merchants of known integrity and honour,•with the 'assistance on the part of the British merchants of his Britannic Majesty's Consul General or Consul, aod on the part of the Portuguese merchants with the assist ance oft he Superintendant, or AdminiStrator GeneL s ral of, the Customs, or of their reSpeEtive Deputies. Add the aforesaid tariff or table of valdations shall be made and promulgated in each of the ports -be longing to hi‘, Royal. Highness the Prince Re g ent of Portugal, in which there, are 'or may be ,Cusorn-, houses. It shall be-,concluded',and .begin to ,have elk& as soon as possible after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, and certainly with in -the space 'of three Months reckoned from the date of that exchange. And it shall be revised and altered. if necessary, from time to time, either in the whole - or in part, whenever the subjects of hiS Britannic Majesty, resident within the doininionS of his Royal :.Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, shall make a requisition to that die& through the medium of his Britannic Majesty's Consul General, or Consul, or whenever the trading and commer cial subjects of Portugal shall make the same' requi sition on their en part. 16. But during the interval between the ex change of the' ratifications of the present treaty, and the promulgation of the above-mentioned should -any goods or merchandizes the produce'or manufaeture of the dominions of his Britannic Ma- lesty arrive in the ports of his Boyal . Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, it is stipulated, • that they shall be admitted for consumption on paying the above-mentioned duties of fiteen per cent. ac cording to the value set on them by-the tariff now' natually established, should they be goods or mer chandizes which 'are comprised or valued in that tariff, and if they should not be comprised- or valued in that tariff (as also if any British goods or merchandizes should' hereafter arrive .in the ports of the Portuguese dominions, without hay-', ing been specifically valued and rated: in the new 'tariff or pinta, which is to be: Made in consequence of the stipulations of the preceding article of the present treaty) they shall be equally admitted on paying the same duties of fifteen per cent.- ad valorem,' according to - the invoices of the said goods, and merchandises, which shall be daly presented and sworn to- by the parties importing the same. And in case that any suspicion - of trapd or unfairpraElices should arise, the invoices shall be_ examined, and the real value of - the goods or tiler chandizt s ascertained lay a reference to an eqiial number of British and 'Portuguese merchants of known integrity and honour; and in case of a dif ference-of opinion amongst them, followed by- an equality of votes upon the subject, they shall then nominate another merchant, likewise of known in tegrity aed honour, to whom the matter shall be ultimately referred, and whose decision thereon shall be final, and without appeal. Add in case the invoice should appear to have been fair and- correct, the goods, and merchandises specified in it shall be admittedOn paying the duties above-mentioned of fifteen per cent. and the - expences, if any, of the examination of the invoice, shall be defrayed by the party who called its fairness and correctness into question. But if the invoice shall be Found to . be fraudulent and unfair, then the goodsand : merchan dises shall be brought up by the officers of the cus toms on the account of the Portuguese Government, according to the value specified in the invoice, with an addition of tenn - per cent. to the sum so paid . 'for thew' by the officers of the customs, the Portuguese Government engaging for the payment of the goods LONDON % Printed by RICHARD HARRIS, of No. 4, Martini-court, Ilow-street ; and Pc Ai.the• SLIti•OPPICE, No, 1 13, Stroud, where Adverlisernents, Orders' I the most extensive basis, is pleased to take the op portunity afforded . by it, of publishing the deter mination pre-conceived in his Royal Higline'ss's ,mind of. rendering Goa a .free port and of kr 'miffing the free toleration of all Religious Setts whatever in that City and in its Dependencies.- 24. All trade with the Portugue,e possessions situ ated upon the Eastern Coast .of the Continent of Africa (in articles not included *lathe exclusive con traas possessed by the Crown of Portugal) which may have been formerly allowed to the sUbjeEls of Great Britain, is confirMed and- secured to them, now, and for ever, in the same a - fanner as the trade which has hitherto been permitted to Portu guese. subjeas in the ports sod seas of Asia, is con firmed and secured to them by virtue of the Sixth • Article. of the present Treaty. . 25. But in order to give due effea to that system of . perfeet reciprocity Which the ~two High contraet ing parties are willing to establish' ps the basis of their minim] relations, his Britannic Majesty consents to wave the right of creating fatiories or incorporat ed bodies of :British Arkoebants, under any name or description whatsoever, within the dominions of . his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal ; provided, however, that this "concession in favour of the wishes of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Poriugal,•shall not deprive the subjeas of his' Britannic Majesty, residingiVithin the do minions of Portugal, of the full enjoyMent as in dividuals, engaged in commerce, of any•of those rights and privileges Which slieY did or might POS.' seSs as members of incorporated commercial bodies; and also that she commerce and _trade carried:on by British subjects shall riot be testrieted, annoyed 3 or otherwise affetied by any commercial company whatever, possessing excluSiee privileges and fa vonrs within she donninions of Portugal. And his. Royal Highness the Prince• Regent of Portugal does' also' engage,, that he Will not consent nor permit that any other nstieii or state shall possess factories or incorporated bodies of merchants within his do minions, s long as British factories shall not be etab.ished therein. 26. The two high Contra Zing Parties agree, that they w ill forthsOith proceed ao the revision of all other former Treaties subsisting between the two Crowns, for the purpose of ascertaining w ha; sti. pulatioes contained in them ate, in the present state of affsirs, proper to be colitieued or renewed. It is agreed and declared, that the stipulations contained in former Treaties, concerning the admis sion of the wines of Portugal on the one hand, and the woollen cloths' of Great Britain on the others shall at present ,remain unaltered. In the same manner it is agreed, that the favours, privileges, and immunities granted by either Contra&ing Party 'to the subjeas of the other, whether by Treaty, Decree, or Alvara, shall remain unaltered, except the power granted by . former Treaties, of carrying in the ships of either country goods and merchan dizes of ally description whatever, the property of , the enemies of the other country, which power is DOW mutually and publicly renounced and abro gated. 27. The reciprocal liberty Of commerce and na vigation, declared and annotinced by the present Treaty, shall be conSidered to extend.to all goods and merchandizes'Whatsoever, except those articles the property of the, enemies of :either power, or contraband.Of war. • • 28. Under the name of contraband or prohibited articles shall be,comprehended not only arms,, can non, harquebusses, mortars, petards; bombs, gre nades, saucisses; cascasses, Carriages - for cannon, musket rests, bandoliers, 'gunpowder, match -salt petre,- ball, pikes, swords, liedd pieces, helmets, cuirasses, holsters, belts, horses, and their harness, but generally all - other articles that may have been specified as contraband in atiy former Treaties, con cluded by Great Britain or by Portugal svith other Powers. Rut goods which have not been wrought into the forth of warlike instruments, or which cannot become such, shall not •be - reputed contra band ; much less such as have been already wrought and made up for other purposes;, all which shall be deemed not contraband, and may be freely carried by the 'subjeE.ts of both Sovereigns, even to places be longing to an enemy, excepting only such places as are besieged, blockaded, or invested by , sea or land: • 2g. In case any ships or vessels of war, or mer chantmen, shoUld be shipwrecked on the :coasts of either of the High Contratling . Parties, all such parts Of the said ships- or vessels, or of the furniture and appurtenances thereof, as' also of goods and Mer-' chandize as shall be saved, or the produce thereof, shall be faithfully restored, upon the same being claimed by the proprietors or their fa6toss, duly. authorised, paying only the expences incurred in the _ preservation thereof, according to the' rate of salvage settled on both sides (saving at the same time the rights and customs of each nation, the abolition or modification of which shall, however, be treated' . upon in the cases where they shall be contrary to the stipulations of the present' article) ; and the High Contra:Sing Parties will mutually interpose their au thority, that such of their subjeets as shall Inite'-ad: , vontage of any soch misfortune, may be severely pu nished. • • 30. -And, for the greater security and liberty of commerce and navigation, it is further agreed, that both his Britannic Majesty and his Royal s Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, shall not only reline to receive any pirates or sea-rovers svhatsoever, into any_ of their havens, ports, cities, or towns, or permit any of their subjeas, citizens, or inhabitants, on tither part, to receive or proteet them in their ports, to harbour them in their houses, or to assist them in any manner whatsoever; but_ further, that they shall cause all such pirates and sea-rovers, arid all persons who shall receive, conceal, or assist thei», to be brought to condign punishment, (or a terror H and example to others. And all their ships, with the goods or merchandizes taken by them, ane brought into the ports belonging to either la: the High Contra&ing Parties, shall be seized as far as .theycan be discovered,' and s,hall be restored to the owners, or the fa6tots duly author iced or deputet by them in writing, proper evigeece being z i.( n t prove the property, even in case such effset, s out , blithed by WILLIAM ARMIGER SeRI I'S, So - uth NlOito.l straet, cia sga2 e. for the Paper, Letters for the . Editor, tizo. (posi-paia), must bt addrase.d.. -sat Valued and purchased 'by the officers of the cus toms within the space of fifteen days, and the ex petices, if any, of the examination of the fraudulent invoice shall be paid by the party who presented it as just and fair. • ... 17. It is agreed_ and covenanted, that articles of 'military and naval stores brought into the ports of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, which the Portuguese Government May be desirous of taking for its own use, shall be paid fod without delay at the prices appointed by the proprietors, who shall not be compelled to sell such articles on any other terms . . • „ 'And it is further stipulated„ that if the Portuguese Government shall take . into its own care and cus tody any cargo, or part.of a .cargo, with a view to purchase,.or otherwise, the said Portuguese Govern ment,shall beresponsible for any damage or injury that such cargo, or .part of a ,cargo, may receive while in the care.and custody of the officers of the said Portuguese. Government. 18. His Royal . Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal is pleased to grant to the subjects of Great Britain the privilege of being Assignantes 'for the chilies to be paid- in the Custom Houses Of his Royal Highness's dominions, on the same terms, and on giving the same security as are required from the subject's of Portugal. Andlt is on the other hand stipulated arid agreed, that the subjects ortlie CrclWn of Portugal shall rk . ceive, as far as it may be just or legal, the same fa vOUr in the CustoM Houses of Great Britain as is strewn to . . the natural subjects of his Britannic Ma jesty. - ..• 19., His Britanriic Majesty does on hii part and in his own name, and in that of his heirs and succes -sors, promise and engage that all goods ? merchan dizes, and articles whatsoever, Of the KodUce, tna nufaature, industry, or invention of the dominions or subjects 4 his Royal Highness the Wince. Regent of Pertugal, shall be received and admitted into all and singular the ports and dotniniOus oihis. Britannic Majesty, on paying generally and only the same du ties. that arc paid upon similar articles by the sub jects of the most favoured nation. And it is expressly declared, that if any redUction of dutiep should `take place exclusively in favour of British goads arid merchandizes imported.. into the dominions of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, an equivalent redU6tion shall take place on Portugtiese goods and merchandizes imported in to his Britannia Majesty's dominions, and vice versa, the articles upon which such equivalent reduCtion is to take place being settled by previous concert and agreement between the two high contrading parties. It is understood, that any such reduction so grant ed by.either party to the other, shall not be granted afterwards (except upon the same terms and for the same compensation) in favour of any other state or nation whatsoever. And thiS, declaration is to be considered as reciprocal on i the part of the two high ,contracting parties. 20. But as there are some articles of the growth and produce of Brazil, Which ate excluded from the markets and home consumption of the British do- Minions, such as sugar, coffee , and other articles si milar to the produce of the British Colonies, his Britannic Majesty, willing to favour and protect : (as much as possible) the commerce of the subjects' of his Royal HighneSs the Prince Regent of Portugal, consents and permits, that the said articles, as well as all other the growth and produce of Brazil, and all other pans of the Portuguese dominions, may be received and warehoused in all the ports-of his do minions, which . shall be by law . appoi.tited to be Warehousing ports for those articles, for the purpose of re.:exportation, : tinder due regulation, exempted flom the greatei, duties with which they would be charged were they destined for consumption within the British dominions, aid liable Only,to the re duced cludeiaad expences on warehousing and re exporta t ion. 21. In like manner, notwithstanding the general privilege of admission thus granted in the fitteenth article of the present treaty by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, in favour of all goods and merctiandizes, the produce and manufac ture of the British dominions ; his Royal flightless reserves to himself the right of imposing heavy and even 'prohibitory duties on all articles known by the name of the British East . lndian goods and West Indian produce, such as sugar and coftee, Which cannot be admitted for consumption in the Portugnize dominion's, by reason of the same prin ciple of Colonial policy, which prevents the free adtbission into the British dominions of correspond ing articles'of Brazilian produce. 'But his Royal Highnesi thd Prince Regent of Portugal consents that all the ports of his dominions where there are or may be Custom HouseS, shall be free ports for the reception and admiSsion of all articles whatsoever, the. produce or nianufactureof the British dominions, not destined for' the con, sutuptiop of the place at• which they may be re ceived or, admitted, but for re-expottation, either for other potts of the dominions of Portugal, or for those of other states. And the articleS thus . re ceived and admitted (subject to due regulations) shall be 'exempted from the duties, with which they would be charged 'if - destined for the Consumption of the place at which they be landed or warehoused and liable only to the same expences that may be paid by articles of ,Brazilian produce received and warehoused fur re-exportation in the ports of his Britannic Majesty's dominions. • 22. His Royal Highness. the Prince .Regent of Portugal, in order to facilitate and encourage the lagitimate comineice, not only of the subjects of Great Britain, but also of those of Portugal, with other states adjacent to 'his own .doininions, and with a view also to augment and secure that part of his own revenue whien is derived from tliollec tion of warehousing, duties upon merchandize, is pleased to .declare the port of Saint Catherines to be, a . free port,, according to the terms men tioned in the preceding article of the present Treaty. • 23.. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal being olesirous to place the systetn of coannetce announced by the present Treaty, upon .;r. have passed into "other hands by sale, if it be ascef7 tamed that the buyerslnew or might have known' that they had been piratically talen. 31. For the future security of commerce and friendship biiween the Bubjeas of his Britannic jest}', and hi - s Royal Highness the Prince Regent ot _Portugal, and to the end that, their mutual, 0 03 understanding may be preserved from all inier rtiptidn and' disturbance, it is concluded - an d agreed,. that if at any time there should , arise' any disagreerlient, breach 'of friendship, or rup ture between- the Crowns of the high cOntrat in'g parties, which God forbid, (which rupture shall not he deemed to,exist until the recalling of sending home of the respe&iv e Amba ssa d o r s and Ministers) the subjeas of each of the two parties re siding in the dotninionS of the other, shall have the priVilege of remaining and continuing their, tta(k therein, without any manner of interruption, so long' as they behave peaceably,. and commit no offenc e against the, laws and ordinances ; and in case thei r ' conduEt should render them suspected, and the re" speaiive governments should be obliged to Order then' to remove, the terat of twelve months shall be al' lowed them for that purpose, in order that they 'NI retire with their etfeEls and property, whether en"! trusted to individuals, or to the State. At- the same time it is to he understood that thi s favour is not to be extended to those who shall a& il l • any manner contrary to the established law. 32. It is agreed and-stipulated by the'lligh Coo' traaii)g Parties, that the present Tiealy shall be u"" limited in point Of .duration, thlt the _ohligatiuo s and- conditions expressed of-,implied in it shall 6 e perpetual and hmuntable ; and they shall not be changed or atTetted in any manner, in case his Rota, H; g hneAg-the Princ ) Regent of PohUgal, his heir or successors should again establish-the seat of the Portuguese Monarchy within the European do= minions of that Crown. - 33. But the two high contracting parties do re' serve to themselves the right of jdintly examining and revising the several Articles of this Treaty at . be, expiration of 15 . years; Counted ,in the first in stance from the date of the exchange of tbe cation thereof, and of - then , proposing, discitssingt and making such amendments or additions, as fbc' real interests of their respective subjects may semi to red ire. It being understood that any st ipulatinfl which at the period of revision Of t h e T rra ty 0 131 . be objected to by either of the high contracf 4 parties, shall be considered as suspended in its opera' Lion until the discussion concerning that stipulati ° , a shall be terminated, due notice :being, previous given to the other contracting pa l ty o f th e iniende suspension of such stipulation; for the purP °s6 Of avoiding mutuv.l inconOnience. 34. The several Stipulatidits and conditions of 06 present Treaty shall begin to have 'effect trout (b e date of his Britannic Majesty's Ratification thereof; and the mutual exchange of Ratifications 'shall take r place in the city of London within th e sp a c e of fou r months, or sooner if possible, .to-h e ' co m puted fro ll the day of the signature of the present Treaty. , In withers whereof,. \Ve the Undersigned Pl e : j nipotentiaries of his Britannic. Majesty a' • of his .Royal Highness the Prince BegOt ° 3 Portugal, in virtue of our respetaive I .` l ll powers, have signed the pr e s en t Treaty ol t our hands, .and havu caused the seals of ° Li arms to be set thereto. Done in the city of .Rio•de Janeiro, on the oin e ; teen' h day of February, in. the year of " t) Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten , • (L.,S) STRNSGFORD. (L.S.) CoNDE DE LINHAgES. LOND6N MARr.E fs, &c. RETURN OF WHEAT IN MARK-LANE,, By NiesErs. CHILD and m A Le AS, _Meal WeigherSi Including only Own July 23, to July aS. - • agreeably to the Att. - to QUarters at ta6s ad t 036 -Quarters at tool D a 230 ----- at 12.0 od. 405 -,--- at 995 01 9 -- at i2,3s od . 412 -.----- at, 9 85 D''' 7 , ) ----at'lazs .11 270 ' at 97s 0:-` 160 - at 96a D'-' 283 -..- at 1 iSs .od 653 - -at 9;' 0d '24 I at t 175 od 118 --- at 945 0d d 266 88 , 925 Dfil 180 - at 9V 0d 725 /1 14 5 --:------ at iOB5 od I 307 231 ~ a zoo ---.- at lobs ad 1 214 . , t7o -- at toss od 1 200 /8.,-; od 1 37 ,S4O -at 1035 o d 1 37 1 1 5 1 4 , au 7s - - `iota; i 3.533 Quarters.--Avcrage 985. 27 . 1 1 .1 '3,, 31,t. lower than last Return. _~' A RETURN OF FLOUR, From July 2f, to July 27, twin the Cocket-Office' d. Sacks. 5..(.1. Sacks. s. ‘,. Sacks. " o 4 6 1 05 0 n 2ti 97 0 27 ---- I , 7‘ t 0 11560 --- 100 o ' 86 —96 o 1 7 , 7, 1.1 ° uo _ . 99 0 28t -- 9i 0 • 40 •-- 67 0 12 '4 9 8 • 0 i - 8 ' --- 94 • 0 I lo --s; • to— 9,7 6 1 ,3 o — 93 0 1 • 3o -- - tg.. . Total-13,876 Sacks. ---A v. rake 995. 54d., per S'a os. id. higher thanhist.returi-i. NEWGAft'f; .AND I.I:.N.Dr,NCIALL ble-Itg..l;"r e " . By the Carcase. 44 6 ,6 Beef 4s. od. to ss. 4t. i Veal 4s. Sd. to r sf, Mutton 4s. 4d. to 55. 4d. I Pork • - ss. 't (1. to 63 ' Lamb &- 4s 4d to 6s od ___.--"" rAt. LOW. • Town Tallow 69i. od• Yellow Russia 68s. ‘V hire do. 665. od. os• Soap do. 665. —s. od. Meting Stulf6os. od• Ditto rough 425. od. Graves las. od. Good Dregs rzs. od• , Yellow Soap, 9os.—Mottlod, loos.—Curd, r 0 4 5•6, Price of Candles per dozen, 125.64.-=Moulds' 135• PIUCE • St. James's Market 45. 2.1. (;Dare Marker 4s. 3:;. Whitecttair.Market 4s. .per stone of 81b 12s. 7. 1 ... 1 Average price 4s. 2,5., • St. lANIES's. HAY MARKET, Aug. 6• .Hay, 51. los. od. to 91, os. od.—Aver., 71. 5:;• Straw, al. 14i—bd.' to 31. 69 od.—Aver. 31. l 6• WHITECHAPIii, HAY M ‘KkET. ' Hay 61. 6„ od: to oi. 81. 35• °` - '1 New 01. os. od. to 01. os. AYtr. 01. os. Clover, 81. SA.Od. t.. iol. los; od.—i,ver. 91. 9" ° Straw, 21, iG 0(1. to 3'. 8,. od.—Aver. 31. 2S• COAL NiARKETi. Aug. Ships at Market Ships Soli. Prices d, 3. 65 N,wcastle - 58 a t 495. 6d. to 6cs' 6j, 4 Silinicri, cd 3 at . 525.:10d, to 51_5,,,,,," V Tti .1.,, r, J -